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Quote:Tcheko wrote:
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KennyR wrote:
Unfortunately TOSLINK is a very old standard now and has almost been abandoned by the world, so getting it to spit out anything can be a challenge, and anything but basic stereo no better than analogue a problem even for modern gaming PCs. Everyone's moved onto HDMI for digital sound.
Hu. Can't agree with that. Any serious audio gear have optical in/out. TOSLINK is just a mechanical port standard nowadays. Most devices spit S/PDIF digital stream over the fiber.
It's a bandwidth issue. TOSLink just never had enough to go up to 7.1, and its bitrates are pretty limited as well.
